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The Herald and News Entered at the Postoffice flurry, S. C., as 2?<i class matter. E. H. AULL, EDITOR. Tuesday, June 24, 1913. The letter of Gov. Blease to Gen. B. H. Teague, anent the paying of the railroad fare of the (Confederate veterans to the Gettysburg reunion, is along tlhe line we suggested the other day, that if the State started out with the -pretense of paying the railroad ' ' - V _ ^ I fare of all who were m me uaiuc, why then she should pay all of them. The appropriation, it seems, is not more ihan one-third of wthat it will cost. The suggestion of Gov. Blease that he and Gen Teague sign a joint note and borrow the money and ask the legislature to provide for it, is the sensible thing to do. While it is very nice of the State newspaper, as we 'have before remarked, to undertake to raise the money by private sub scription, i: is not right to call on a few people who are a little patriotic, to pay this expense. It se?ms to us tbat Gen. Teague did the right thing in taking jap the applications in the order in which they were received and giving each veteran the full amount provided by law, so long as the fund last-d. Let the State pay the deficiency. Refund the money to those who have paid their subscriptions. We want to see all the survivors of the tattle attend the reunion, but we want to see the Stats do what she started out to do and not make merely a pretense at doing. We are very mucli surprised at the following which we found in anoth-1 er paper credited to the Orangeburg Times and Democrat: "Some of the few boozers in the State Press association are supporters of Governor Blease. No doubt the constables will overlook them, as they are friends of His Excellency."' Tlhis is unkind and unfair. We are surprised that it should have appear ea in tne nmes ana .Democrat. _\oi many of the -editors are booze artists to any extent, but it Brother Sims will" just put his memory to work and desires to make comparisons we think he will find that about as large a proportion of the opponents as those who favor Gov. Blease are booze artists at press gatherings. There are very few -wlho indulge sufficiently at any time to make any great noise about it. Our advice to the brethren is to keep cool and not get excited and to pack their grips before they leave home. One farmer came to us the otljer day and endorsed the suggestion of The Herald and News for Mr. C.i.E. Summer to organize the automobile association and then let certain sections of the roads to the farmers who live along the road, and tfcis farmer said he would be willing to keep his mile in good repair. Of course the permission of the supervisor would have to be obtained. It is easy to have the thirty miles of good road if the people will just cooperate Then we can get some more. Some one must take hold of the movement and organize and direct the forces. Now is the time for action. We will publish the call for you, Mr. Summer. Get busy. Xo telling how much good you may do. M There is some complaint that the supervisor after requiring all the road hands to pay off is not putting the money back on the road to which the hands belonged. The law, as we understand it, requires that tlhis be done. The mile of government road is in worse condition than it has been since it was built. All for lack of a little attention. And the absence of the split log drag. The city of Columbia has installed a system of children's playgrounds in connection with the schools and it is the right thing to do. Newberry could i (have an ideal park at a minimum of mon-y and labor expenditure if we ! could only wake our people up to the importance of such a thing and could ; get some one of the leading business j men to take the lead in the develop ment. So far as we have been able to observe there is no sort of playground or park in connection with our schools. The old court house and grounds are being put in fine condition. This is proper. Keep up the good work on the streets in the shape of underground drains, paved sidewalks and permanent streets. It is economy to build nermanently. The Press association meets in Charleston this week. We have been notified that one of the constables has been selected to keep his eye on the editor of The Herald and News while in Charleston. We have no objection to that. WTe Ti7?n tmi+ rVicit /vinctuhlo nn nntir^ nnw >t U1 put LUUt V/VfcV iv N/AA W.v V .. v .? tihai if there is any good cold beer around Charleston and we feel like taking a glass and have the price we will most likely take it. We do not care for anything strong-er. The State newspaper deserves com ? - a ? - * -ii ~ui menaauon ox an iigm. miunuig people for its efforts to raise by private subscription the balance necessary to carry out the suggestion of the legislature as to paying the expenses oi Confederate veterans to Gettysburg. Of course, the legislature nor anyone else could know in advance how many veterans would take advantage of this trip. The legislature no doubt 'intended to pay the expenses of all who would go, but made the mistake of limiting the amount to one thousand dollars. According to the State newspaper on Monday only about $600 had been subscribed, and the deficit is about $2400. The proper way to do this, as we have heretofore suggested, is to adopt the plan contained in Governor Blease's letter to General Teague. We are satisfied the money could be obtained in that way and that the legislature at its next session would appropriate the amount to refund it. If this is done, the amounts sent by private subscriptions should be returned to the subscribers. . ><?> $ 0 f ? $> THE IDLJilU 4 <3 \ Dear The Idler: I notice that you commend and give credit to the city council and particularly to the alderman from Ward 3 for the improvement to Friend street and speak of the work being carried on to the depot. All of which is very nice and all of which I most heartily approve, but I believe in giving honor to whom honor is due, and you should remember that the greater part of the street that is being paved is in Ward 4 and the alderman from that ward should have some recognition in this most important worK. Don't you think so? Suppose we encourage all of them so that we may get more of the good work done. Praise 'em when they deserve it and cuss 'em when they need it. Let the good work go on. Yours for the cause, "Ward 4 Resident. Now, what do you think of thai.? Here I am trying as best I know how to suggest what is for the good of the town and some one coming, along to find fault. How could I know where the boundaries and divisions of tho waH? arp T don't believe I nould tell you off-hand who the aldermen of the town are. There is nothing personal in anything I write or any suggestion I make. What I want is to see results. I don't care whether the person happens to "be Sam Jones or Bill Smith. Still I am perfectly willing to * *? * TT?~ ~ J A person, 'men ws win nave a xowu. I have done a lot for this town. I don't get any credit for it. I don't care. Some day when my eld body is give tne aiaerman iroin v^ctiu * ticuu for anything he may do in the way of permanent improvement of the town. But I will be frank to say that I am entirely too old and too much out of dale to keep up with individuals. What I want to see is every man, woman and child in the town working for the betterment of the town as one laid b neath tie sod they will build a monument to me and my work. Of course, it will do me no good, but that is the way of the world. Progressive persons and those who have some initiative and do construc'ive work fnr it until it is too late to do th-m any good. i This reminds me of the present county superintendent of education l for N-ewberry county. You can hear on all sides something nice said about the fine work he has done and is doing for the country schools of the county. I have heard some go so far as to say he has done more for the , schools than any the county has ever had. From the State superintendent on down to the little fellow who didn't v*im Viopqiicp fnrsnnth Tie had | VUIC 1U1 111.1X1 UVV/wuuv - ~ ~ | some little unfounded prejudice against him are saying nice things.! Wonder it don't turn his head. But i: all reminds me of putting flowers on one's grave. I don't know how it strikes him. I have about come to the conclusion, from observation, that | any man who has any opinion of his own or who ever does anything and ^ especially has the courage to say what he thinks has no business runj ning for any ofiice. The people won't elect him. They don't want that kind, j Of course there are notable exceptions, ,r x J-"U TV11 Dili iiiey umj' ?u.v. ! I I was reading the other day in a book something about the heartlessness of corporations and so on and this observation was made by the writer: "They never do anything honest. From the stock' jobbing owners down to the ' nickel-filching conductors they steal (I?st=al?steal. What did it matter? An ant pilfering from another ant and a sparrow stealing the crumb found I by another sparrow?a man rooDing another man?all part of the univer; i , sal scheme. Only a narrow-minded ig- i ' noramus would get himself wrought , up over it; a philosopher would laugh ?and rake what he needed and happened to fancy." Now, I don't know so much a'oout this. That may be j true up in New York, but not down . here in Newberry, South Carolina. j> > Rnmp nermle do do something honest 1 now and again but the pity is that! i ; more of them do not. And there are j j lots of ways of being dishonest be- j sides stealing th.e dollar. In fact I j 1 think sometimes that the stealing of j a doLar is the least criminal of the ! many things that we take fi*om oth-! ers. Did'nt some old fellow way back yonder in the good old days write something about i;he man who j steals my purse steals trash, but he ; who filches from me my good name > t , ?' -1- ~ "him steals mat which ueimci cunwi^a , ;but makes me poor indeed. And that's : where the trouble lies. When we get jtoo much wrought up over accumulating the dollar we forget almost ' everything else and in order to secure : | it we will do almost anything. I think the great trouble of this age is its su' perlative selfishness. I ?0? And that reminds me of another ! paragraph I read in a book the other rtov?von see. I am getting to be a :reader of books?and this paragraph j | contains a great deal of truth and a great lesson. I hope you will note ' every word of it carefully. * "The rea- , son most of us are so uncomfortable? downright unhappy most of the time 1 j ?is that we never take our thoughts joff our precious fascinating selves. The result is that some day we find Ithat the liking?and friendship?and linvo?nf around ns has limits?! < and we are left severely alone. Of , course, if one has a great deal of ( money, one can buy excellent imita- . tions of liking and friendship and even j love?I ought to say, especially love?" j It will all be imitation if we buy it , with money. If you don't believe it j just observe an example of such pur- ] chase where the money gives out, be- j | cause when it is the bought article j you have got to keep on ouying every j day and every hour. What do you think about this: "Don't bother about the mistakes of I yesterday. Remember them?yes. If c one has a good memory, to forget is s impossible?not to say unwise. But there ought to be more heat or sting r in the memory of past mistakes than It - - . ! in the memory of last year s mosquuo i \ bites." i; And the conclusion of the whole r matter is: "And the first thing you've got to get rid of is the part of your u vanity that prevents you from grow- c ing. Vanity of "belief in one's possi- s bilities is fine. No one gets anywhere e without it. But vanity of beli-ef in'a one's present perfection?no one hut! c a god could afford that luxury." !y ' - I Now, I have preached you a pretty good sermon. Don't you think so. ; n ! Then, say so. As a town let us get t] i i A ( mmmm?mm?mammmmmmi Saturday fafte fessor stopped a display of CANS "We eat what It was up to a thatJAR you?" Everybody ha; this season and t surplus ought to r i. il c. lume 10 us 11 Kinds. Prices lUBHHHnnHHnHHnananBBnnDi With every $1 the Pony Contes Free Tic To every child who comes into father, mother o 10 and 1 o'clock 4 o'clock, we wil There is no obligation velope containing sugge: Remember, you do no only condition is that yc Tickets will be given I I WEST rid of our vanity of belief in our pres- , ent perfection. And encourage our vanity of belief in our possibilities. ! Then things will hum. The Idler. CAllcifiira Van. JLAIO . Spartanburg Herald. George Fitch says: "Sensitive men are greatly to be pftted, but what most of them need is a good, earnest kick. They are generally sensitive because they are too passionately devoted to themselves. When you hurt a sensitive man you hurt the dearest thing on earth to him and the thing for which he has the greatest consideration." And that is very nearly correct. The man who is always looking out ror a sngnt, nnas line most oi uiem. But listen. (Mr. Fitch continues: "The sensitive man not only suffers frightfully from words, but neglect is fatal to him. The lily of the garden does not fade without water as | quickly as the sensitive man without attention. The world is full of timid, grief-stricken men who art hunting obscure and close-fitting holes in (vhich to die because tihey have been left off the reception committees or lave been passed over in the newspapers or have been given a careless :iod instead of a handshake by some Tiend." Big Chief Understood. A Kansas City Minister, visiting an ndian reservation in Idaho, inquired >f a government agent where the mis- j ;ionary could be iouna. "The chief can probably tell you," eplied the agent, pointing out his ent. "Clasp your hands, look heavenward and ask, 'Jesus man?' He will maerstand you, doubtless The reverend geDtJeman did as died1 J. "I presume you are seeking the nissio: Kiy " replied rh3 Ijdlan iu ei:ellent English. "Please be seated t?<11 Vio in Mrpcpntlv Tf \rOil will 11 > il"C VT J i i C V. * J ~ v ixcuse me I will go down to the .gency and lambast into unconscimsness that fool clerk who directed ou here."?Kansas City Times. Watch what th'e Newberry fire-\ len are going to do in Abbeville his week. J :an stoi rnoon a dignifiedec it our window, and i and FRUIT JARS we can, and what w uybianuci iu icma 5 a surplus of vegeta he cost of CANS is s be saved for future tr ?r i our tans an : as Low as You ( .00 purchase we gh I:kets! Free between 3 and 1, our store, accompa W?r] i g ULC41 UlUilj VIA V V VVt and on Saturday I: 1 give 100 votes abs to buy a thing. Each child stions as to HOW TO GET ? t have to buy a single thing t J}- , ? 3 . >ur lamer, iiiumer urguaruioj ;o only one child to the famib -MART China f For Chautai <7 *11 1 1 will make s tractive price i I must sell and ends sh room for my: Do not fail imn knu lui c jri/u wuj HMHT See my Bai and watch mi UCILCI uuuuo ai MAYES' Book & rh. HOUSE o' n 1 ^ *1 v% a College froI observing the remarked: e can't we can.'' rk: "Wouldn't bles or fruit at >u Milan uiai uic needs. d Jars of All % 'an Buy Them i re 100 votes in Tickets! 2 years of age mied by either nesday between >etween 12 and olutely FREE. [ will be given an enrORR VOTES. o get these votes. The n come with you. j. ALL COME. INCO. 4 bargains! iiqua Week T some very ats in China. 4 / off my odds >ck to make fall goods. to see me be _ i gain Counter | j windows. /. : Same Money." S Variety TORE 1 1,000 TUNIS mmot \ >' ' *